Free Speech
Citizens for a Totalitarian State?
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Free Speech on April 28th, 2013
Okay, I’m officially worried. I’m currently in Fairfax, Virginia, on the (really beautiful) campus of George Mason University; I’m here as one of the 71 judges of the national “We the People” finals. For those who don’t know anything about “We the People,” it is probably the single most effective civics curriculum being used in [...]
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Even Jerks Have Rights
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Free Speech on March 1st, 2013
A couple of days ago, the Indianapolis Star ran a story about a group of very odd bedfellows who are urging the Indiana Supreme Court to accept and reverse a case that presents significant First Amendment issues. I was one of those “bedfellows,” and I will admit that I would never have imagined teaming up [...]
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Free Speech Means Free
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Free Speech on September 26th, 2012
Monday night, a student in my Law and Public Affairs class asked a question I get every so often. We were talking about free speech, and she wanted to know whether the right to say one’s piece extended to speech that “offended” people. It was pretty clear that she expected some variation of “well, no, [...]
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A Step in the Right Direction
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Free Speech, Public Policy and Governance on October 30th, 2011
The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United should have been a wake-up call for those of us who have been concerned over the growing power of corporate America. Corporations have their place–by shielding entrepreneurs from personal liability, they encourage risk-taking and innovation; I have no problem with the corporate form as a useful business mechanism. [...]
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Policy and Polarization
Posted by Sheila Kennedy in Free Speech on April 18th, 2010
Numbers cruncher Nate Silver took a look at the recent New York Times poll of people who consider themselves supporters of the Tea Party movement, and noted that media habits were the most salient predictor of such support. According to Silver, “Tea-partiers are disproportionately attached to, and perhaps influenced by, FOX News. And they are [...]
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